Jones

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Jones is ranked 849th among boys in 2024 (284 births). Its best rank was 533rd, in 1884.

Rank in 2024: #849up 116 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2840.02% of boys
Peak year: 2024284 births
Best rank: #533in 1884
Since 1880: 5,163people given the name

Babies named Jones, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

5,051 boys have been named Jones in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 284 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2020s alone account for 25%. It has spent 42 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 112 girls have also been given it, 2.2% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Jones
1880s	84
1890s	83
1900s	96
1910s	389
1920s	497
1930s	332
1940s	265
1950s	224
1960s	146
1970s	96
1980s	119
1990s	112
2000s	288
2010s	1,080
2020s	1,240

In 2024, its biggest year

Jones was the 849th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Jones

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.